Yeah man, I realize this is nothing new. I'm just glad this is seeing the spotlight. You have to admit that this is going to set a serious precedent. What happens when China (whatever their security agencies are) asks for the same thing? Still feel happy about Apple complying?

I think it's much more realistic that, as soon as you generate any kind of encryption key, that key gets sent to the vendor and DHS. Wouldn't be that difficult to do as long as you've got Google and Apple on board. One OTA firmware push...done.

...This is exactly why I ride a motorcycle. No extraneous bullshit distractions. I will admit, it's EASY to pick out the drivers who desperately need this kind of tech in their rides. It's also disturbing at how many of them there actually are.

Agreed. Stock prices would dip and shareholders would sue. This is nothing more than bullshit posturing. I'd even be willing to bet that whoever issued this statement has already been given walking papers. Just for the simple fact that the statement is implying due diligence and QC has not been done.

Really? I would think they would use this as the EXACT excuse! "Due to our ongoing lawsuit with BMG we are not forwarding any traffic that may be used against us in a court of law, i.e. any proprietary information that BMG may have rights to."

I think what I was trying to get at is large Universities are closely tied with various government entities through grant funding and if one of those Universities, say, figures out how to compromise Tor *cough*Carnegie Melon*cough* or any other piece of tech it's reasonable to assume that ANY entity in any branch of government could "request" that information.

I'm not saying they influence research. I'm saying that it's reasonable to assume they are fully briefed on it. Including, but not limited to, how to circumvent it.

MIT was once the number one non-profit Department of Defence contractor in the nation. Don't know how much funding they get these days but it certainly seems as though this solution is provided to you by and for the U.S. Government.

Sounds like a pretty good setup, and no hunter I know is going to sit in front of the tube to find a weapon. Jesus. There's a dozen other things my 'Il lady's got on a list the length of your arm. You think I'm going to wait around until that AR comes around again? Shit. Order the parts. Build it. Done.

"Just keep another bank account" smacks of "We can't promise you we abide by best practices" to me. So yeah. Why NOT 5 bank accounts? Why not 10? I say fuck all that, just give me ONE Bank that takes it's (and my) security seriously. One that has an active Risk Management Plan for when things start to go south. I don't think that's too much to ask, considering that my checking and savings accounts together don't make enough interest to account for inflation...